The team have been facing temperatures of 30C while undergoing their challenge (Image: Steve Wilshaw)

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Grandparents Kathy and Hugh Carmichael are continuing a gruelling cycle challenge in the Alps in memory of their baby granddaughter who died aged just 82 days old.

Little Chloe Filipa Grace Calder was born on September 6, last year, 15 weeks early at 25 weeks. Chloe put up a fight, but was never able to breathe without ventilation support and developed chronic lung disease. She died on November 27, 2016, said Mr and Mrs Carmichael.

Now the pair, from Egginton , have enlisted the help of friends Steve Wilshaw and Christine Johnson, both 65, for the challenge. The team began their cycle ride, which will see them complete more than 1,500 miles, on June 1, and have already completed challenges related to important numbers in their granddaughter's life.

The team are well underway completing their challenges in 30C heat, and have almost reached their target of £2,000 for sick baby charity, Bliss.

Granddad, 68-year-old Hugh, said: "The work Bliss does in incredibly important in helping and supporting parents with premature babies, most of whom have no idea of where to turn for much needed support and guidance. Those thoughts will drive us to greater efforts in attempting to complete our challenges."

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The team have set themselves the goal of cycling 1,565km across the Alps to represent Chloe's weight in grams at the time she died, climbing 12 mountain passes for the 12 weeks Chloe lived and an open water swim of 805m – Chloe's birth weight in grams. The team have already climbed seven mountain passes and cycled 521km.